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Recent graduateAdrienne Fox-Keesic

Recognized asExciting New Talent

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Construction Dust Settlesand Loyalist EmergesWith Beautiful NewFacilities(page 1)

Jack and Bernice Parrott at the grand opening of The Parrott Centre, the new library and InformationResource Centre.

Congratulations Graduates of

2004!Welcome to the Loyalist AlumniAssociation. The College is very proud to welcome you to this amazinggroup of individuals who, like yourself,spent many long hours working towardtheir college diplomas and certificates.As you begin your new career paths,you will meet many talented and suc-cessful Loyalist grads – and make last-ing friendships along the way. Now it’syour turn. Show them your stuff!

Welcome to the Spring Edition ofLasting Connections

At last the snow skishave been putaway and the bar-beque is cleaned upand ready for thesummer. Theexcitement ofLoyalist’sConvocation heldat the beginning ofJune still lingershere on campus.

The Alumni Association congratulates thegraduates on their success and welcomesthem to the Loyalist Alumni Association. Weinvite all the graduates to participate in thealumni meetings and activities. We welcomeyour ideas and your input. Please let thealumni office know your new address if youmove. We want to keep you up-to-date,with all the services available to you free ofcharge.

I had the pleasure of attending thePremier’s Awards at St. Lawrence College inKingston this spring. This year the selectioncommittee received an incredible 87 nomi-

It is with consider-able pleasure that Iinform you thatyour college hasrecently received asignificant collec-tion of art from oneof Canada’s foremost landscapeartists, Manly

MacDonald. The gift of a large number ofpaintings and drawings was made by hisson, Duncan MacDonald, who wished thathis father’s art be studied and appreciatedby as many people as possible. ManlyMacDonald was born in Prince EdwardCounty and the Quinte Region was thefocus of many of his paintings. The firstshowing of part of this collection was heldin April in the new library, The ParrottCentre, and was attended by Duncan andhis wife Barbara. Some pieces of this collection remain on permanent display inthe Centre. Please stop by to view thesewonderful works of art.

PRESIDENT’S MessageThe frenetic construction activity of the pasttwo years is over...I hope. The new library,The Parrott Centre, the student computerlab, the Wilkinson Lecture Theatre and newclassrooms are now fully operational andhave greatly improved the quality of thelearning environment at Loyalist College.The College is now in the midst of a reviewto do what we can, with very limitedresources, to refurbish and spruce up someof the older classrooms and facilities. At the May meeting of the Board ofGovernors, I announced plans for a new ath-letic/recreational complex on campus. Thiswill be a partnership with one or more ofour surrounding communities as it would befinancially impossible to fund a project ofthis scope on our own. The College has setaside 20 acres of land for the complex thatwould house an aquatic facility, three gym-nasia, an indoor track and fitness centre. Itwill have seating capacity for both the pooland gym that would enable the College andthe community to host provincial andnational athletic events. If there are alumni

nations from Ontario colleges. The commit-tee chose five of the nominees to receiveThe Premier’s Awards for the various cate-gories. Their careers have taken some of thenominees all over the world. The theme ofthe award ceremony was that the graduateswere “Ontario trained” and “reached world-wide”. Of the 87 nominations, five weregraduates of Loyalist College: Janet Baragar,Mike Ebbeling, Lynn Haddrall, BrianHanson and Joe Roberts. The LoyalistAlumni Association salutes all of you.

Joe Roberts gave a presentation lastDecember at the College. His message was,“Yes You Can, overcome adversities andbecome a success”. He shared his life experi-ences of going from a skid row drug addictto becoming CEO of Mindware DesignCommunications. He made his first milliondollars before he turned 35. Thank you forsharing your life experiences and your mes-sage with us Joe.

Connie Millar, Manager of Employment andAlumni Services, and her team put togetherthe annual job fair at the College. Businessesfrom all over the province attended to letthe students find out more about their com-panies. Most of these businesses were in

recruiting mode. Students were able tospeak with the company representatives andgive them their resumes. It was especiallyinteresting to watch the interaction betweenformer Loyalist students who now work forthese companies and the current students.The event was a huge success, thanks to themany hours of preparation that Connie andher crew put into it.

As you make preparations for summer vaca-tions and day trips, don’t forget to drop byLoyalist College. Loyalist has a new look withthe impressive Parrott Centre (the newlibrary and resource centre), Student AccessLab, Wilkinson Lecture Theatre, the beautiful Memorial Grove and the studentresidences. Stop in to the Employment andAlumni Office and say “hi”. Let them knowwhat you would like your alumni associationto do for you. Have a safe and happy summer.

’Til next time,

Alan McAlpine

who are interested in helping the Collegedevelop the concept of this facility, pleasecontact me at dauld@loyalistc.on.ca.

The Provincial budget was a bittersweetmessage. There was very little financial sup-port for colleges in 2004-5. However, theGovernment did announce the appointmentof the Hon. Bob Rae, former Premier ofOntario, to chair a review of post-secondaryfunding in Ontario. Mr. Rae noted, publicly,that Ontario colleges are one of the lowestfunded post-secondary systems in NorthAmerica and there had to be an improve-ment in the funding. Mr. Rae has beenasked to complete his review and make arecommendation by December 2004. Iwould urge you to write to Mr. Rae at theMinistry of Colleges and Universities andexpress your concern about the level offunding for Ontario’s college system. Yourvoice counts.

ALUMNI PRESIDENT’S Message

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LASTING CONNECTIONS is a publication of theLoyalist College Alumni Association. It is producedtwice a year and is available free of charge to allalumni, staff, faculty and other members of theLoyalist Family. Additional copies may beobtained by contacting the Alumni Office at 1-800-99ALUMNI. The opinions expressed in thispublication are not necessarily those of theAlumni Office or of Loyalist College. The editors ofLASTING CONNECTIONS reserve the right to editall submissions.

EDITORIAL BOARD:Carole Parks, Alumni Newsletter Editor

Dianne SpencerMarilyn WarrenConnie Millar

Kerri Ann FeatherstonePeggy Collins

Catherine Campbell

CONTRIBUTORS:Marilyn WarrenChristine Tanner

Adrienne Fox-KeesicJay MiddletonRyan Cuddy

DESIGN:Peggy Collins

SuperBuild Brings Super Look to LoyalistAfter months of construction, Loyalist has had the excitement of hosting a series of grand openings. These celebrations have included the openings of The Parrott Centre, (the College’s new Library

and Information Resource Centre), the Student Access Centre and The Wilkinson Lecture Theatre – each designed to enhance the learning environment at Loyalist.

The most recent official opening wasThe Wilkinson Lecture Theatre.This 90-seat theatre is equipped witha full range of audiovisual and com-puter networking equipment.

The new Student Access Lab (SAL)held its official ribbon-cutting ceremonyin February. This new 4,800 square footlab provides students with access to an additional 124 computers, sevenscanners and 12 printers.

The Parrott Centre is a beautiful, modern, open concept library and resource centre. It houses 32,400 books,310 periodical titles, and 1,900 videos, aswell as CD-Rom research titles and on-linedatabases. The facility is named The ParrottCentre in recognition of a $1 million giftfrom Mr. and Mrs. John M. Parrott.

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HERE ON Campus

Loyalist’s Final Diploma Nursing ProgramClass Graduates

All 53 graduates of the final Diploma Nursing Program who wrote their nursingregistration examinations for the College of Nurses of Ontario in January, 2004were successful. The registration examinations are mandatory for nurses to practicein Ontario and Loyalist graduates have earned a reputation for scoring at or abovethe provincial and national averages. The College has built a 30-year tradition ofexcellence with the Diploma Nursing Program and is very proud of the new BrockUniversity/Loyalist College Degree partnership, which is continuing this tradition.Nursing students are now able to take the first two years of their Nursing Degree atLoyalist College after which they enroll at Brock University for years three and four,graduating with their Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Manly MacDonaldCollection Donated

to CollegeA collection of works by one ofOntario’s best-known landscapepainters has been donated to LoyalistCollege by the artist’s son Duncan andhis wife Barbara. Manly MacDonald’swork has been exhibited throughoutCanada and internationally in theUnited States, England and Brazil,including an exhibition at the World’sFair in New York in 1944. He was hon-oured with a commission to paint theToronto skyline for presentation to theQueen during her visit in 1959. A selec-tion of these paintings is proudly dis-played in the College’s Parrott Centrewhere they can be enjoyed by everyone.

Architectural TechnologyGraduate Wins First Place at

Provincial AwardsThe Ontario Association of Architects (OAA)awarded Loyalist College graduate MarkBaechler first prize at its annual awards ofexcellence in the category of “Ideas andPresentations, Artifact,” for his project titledIntercepting Light and Time. There were 145submissions received and reviewed by threejuries. Mark graduated from theArchitectural Technology Program at Loyalistin the spring of 2000.

This February the Certified General Accountants of Ontario, Belleville Chapter, heldtheir dinner and meeting here on campus in Club 213. While at the College theytoured the newly opened Parrott Centre and Student Access Lab.

L to R: Marc Dodge (2000), Janet Cole (2002), Patricia Ward (1992), Doug Bellwood (1972), Erica Brak (1985), Angie Abram

Huizenga, (1989), Juanita Hart (1997) and Jenny Woods (2002).

Duncan MacDonald, son of artist Manly MacDonald, expressedhis delight that his father's work would be displayed to the Quintearea community.

Certified General Accountants, BellevilleChapter get together at Club 213

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HERE ON Campus

Paramedic StudentsWin Silver at AnnualSkills Competition

Loyalist College Paramedic studentsplaced second at the Annual SkillsCompetition sponsored by the DurhamParamedic Association. Rob MacDonaldand Marcelle Johnson represented theLoyalist College Bancroft Campus. Thecompetition was held at DurhamCollege's Whitby Campus.

"I was really excited that we did so wellat the competition," said MarcelleJohnson, Loyalist Paramedic student."We're a small campus so it made meproud when we placed second againstthose from much larger colleges. Theskills we have been learning in the pro-gram definitely prepared us and it wasfun to apply them in this competitiveway."

Area high school students gathered at theCollege to participate in what has becomean anticipated event, the Junior Iron Chefcompetition. This cook-off provided the thrillof competition enhanced by the possibilityof the teams winning a total of $4000 inLoyalist Bursaries. Each year three highschools are represented following a prelimi-nary round of competition from numerousentrants. The winning group was deter-mined by a four-judge panel from the localhospitality industry. The Junior Iron Chefcompetition is organized and run byLoyalist’s second year Hotel and RestaurantManagement students.

The Loyalist “Student Event Team” did an excellent job of organiz-

ing this year’s event. Left to right: Chad Mitchell, Angela Deshane,

Natasha Claessen, Christina Johnston, Michelle Roberts (absent:

Dan Zehr)

Loyalist Hosts its Third Annual Junior Iron Chef Competition

The Ontario Community NewspaperAssociation (OCNA) announced thewinners of the 2003 Better NewspapersCompetition in March, at their springconvention in Toronto. These awardsare in recognition of distinction in pub-lishing in both General Excellence andPremier Award categories. The GeneralExcellence Awards recognize overallachievement in editorial, advertisingand layout. The Premier Awards honourindividual works in both editorial andadvertising categories such as BestEditorial, Best Feature Photo and BestFront Page. There are three separatePremier Awards and a GeneralExcellence category designed specificallyfor college/university newspapers.

In the Premier Award StudentPhotography category, First Place wasawarded to Jill Kitchener and SecondPlace went to Luke Hendry for photo-graphs from the Loyalist CollegePioneer. First Place in theCollege/University Online Edition was

presented to Loyalist College - TheOnline Pioneer, www.thepioneer.com.

Other Loyalist award winners includedThird Place for Best Photo Layout forsecond-year Photojournalism student,Harrison Smith, for the layout that hedid while working at the Oakville Beaverlast summer, and Chris Simon, second-year Print Journalism student, whoreceived Honourable Mention in theStudent Writing category. Loyalist alsotook great pride in having graduates,Kyle Griffin and Adrienne Fox-Keesicrecognized at this event. PhotographerKyle Griffin, of Peterborough This Week,won First Place in the Spot News Photocategory and Third in the Best FeaturePhoto. Adrienne Fox-Keesic was recog-nized with five awards for her work atthe Sioux Lookout Wawatay News whichincluded First Place - Rural Journalism,Third Place for Photographer of theYear, Reporter of the Year, the HeritageAward and Honourable Mention for theHealth and Wellness Award.

Loyalist Creates Strong Presence at Ontario Community Newspaper

Association Awards

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Premier’s Awards

Janet Baragar is a graduate of the 1976Nursing Program and is now theDirector of Maternal Child and SurgicalServices for Quinte Healthcare. As partof this position she is responsible for cor-porate administration and managementof inpatient and ambulatory services atthree sites. In addition to this demand-ing role, Janet is an active volunteer inher community through figure skating,hockey and the Heart and StrokeFoundation.

A graduate of both Radio Broadcasting(1999) and Broadcast Journalism (2000),Mike Ebbeling is the afternoon newsanchor-reporter for CKDR Radio inDryden. He is also the play-by-playannouncer for the Dryden Eagle HighSchool and Dryden Ice Dog Junior Ahockey games. Named Dryden’sEmployee of the Year in the ServiceSector in 2003 and honoured by thecity for his work during a chlorine spill atthe sawmill, Mike continues to con-tribute to the Dryden community by sitting on the Board ofDirectors for Big Brothers, Big Sisters and Crime Stoppers.

As Editor-in-Chief of The Grand RiverValley Newspapers, Lynn Haddrall, a1983 Print Journalism graduate, is oneof a few women in Canada to hold thisposition at a daily newspaper. Since herarrival in Kitchener, The Record hasreceived the prestigious Michener Awardfor outstanding public service journal-ism. Lynn considers her efforts to pub-lish newspapers during the ice storm of1998 and the blackout of 2003 to betwo of her greatest achievements.

Brian Hanson, a Law and SecurityCustoms/Immigration 1999 graduate, isa Customs Officer with Canada Customsand Revenue. He is assigned to theMarine Flexible Response Team in SaintJohn, New Brunswick, where he is oneof only five members in the city trainedin the operation of the new Vehicle andCargo Inspection System. Brian isinvolved in the Missing ChildrenProgram, Big Brothers, Big Sisters andthe Special Olympics.

Joe Roberts is one of those rags to richesstories that you don’t believe can actual-ly happen. After struggling with andovercoming drug addiction he hasbecome head of a multimedia develop-ment company, Mindware DesignCommunications, in Vancouver. In lessthan four years, he led the company toan 800 per cent increase in business. Hemade his first million dollars before theage of 35. He is the founding memberof Courage to Change, a foundationcreated to educate youth about drug and alcohol abuse. Joe gradu-ated from Loyalist College in 1995 with diplomas in BusinessMarketing and Business Sales.

If you know of an outstanding Loyalistgraduate who would be an excellentcandidate as an award nominee please see the next page for informationon how to submit their name for consideration.

Career Excellence and Contributions to Communities Earn Graduates Nominations for

Provincial Premier’s AwardsKingston, Ontario was the location for this year’s annual Premier’s Awards Ceremony. This year Loyalist Collegehad the honour of nominating five of its outstanding graduates for this prestigious event. Selected for their careerexcellence and the contributions they have made to their communities, these individuals are outstanding examplesof the impressive scope and richness of the training and education provided by the province’s community colleges.

The Loyalist nominees included: Janet Baragar (Health Sciences); Mike Ebbeling (Recent Graduate); LynnHaddrall (Creative Arts); Brian Hanson (Community Service); and, Joe Roberts (Business).

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Call for NominationsLoyalist Alumni Distinction

AwardsWe want to recognize the successes of our graduates.

The Alumni Distinction Awards have beencreated to honour the contributions

Loyalist College graduates make to society.Nominees need not be famous, but should

have a real commitment to others in volunteer work and/or career success.

The Alumni Association recognizes graduates annually in each of the following areas:

• Recent Graduates• Technology• Applied Arts

NOMINATION PACKAGEA nomination package is available on the Alumni webpage at www.loyalistcollege.com and through the Alumnioffice. There is no need to be a writer – point form isacceptable. We will contact the graduate directly for anyadditional background information.

Candidates may also be forwarded as Loyalist’s nomineesfor the Annual Premier’s Awards. These awards recognizegraduate achievement in the Ontario college system.Winners of the Premier’s Awards receive a $5,000 award tobe given to their college for student scholarships and bur-saries.

• Business• Health Sciences• Human Studies

SEND NOMINATIONS BY JUNE 30 EACH YEAR, TO:

Loyalist College Alumni Office P.O. Box 4200

Belleville, ON K8N 5B9 BY FAX: (613) 969-0175

BY E-MAIL: alumni@loyalistc.on.caFor more information please call:

1-800-99ALUMNI

The Ontario StudentOpportunity Trust Fund

(OSOTF)– Your donations will be matched!

Help make a difference for students at Loyalist College bydonating to the Student Opportunity Trust Fund - anendowed fund which provides financial assistance forqualified students with demonstrated financial need.

Here's how it works:

Pledges can be made any-time until December 31,2007, and as long as funds

are received before March 31,2011, they will be matched bythe provincial government!

That means that a $500donation (which canbe paid over four

years) becomes $1,000and will continue to provide supportto deserving students throughout thefuture.

You will hear more about the OSOTF matching campaignin the coming months, but if you want to learn moreabout how you can make a donation please contact

the Loyalist College Foundation at (613) 969-1913 ext. 2326 or 2235

OR the Alumni Office at 1-800-99ALUMNI. Or go to:www.loyalistc.on.ca/stulife/alumni/index.html

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Alumni Profile

Adrienne is a member of the BearskinLake First Nation, a small remoteAboriginal community located in north-western Ontario, which is only accessibleby air. Most of her formative years werespent living in various communities andtowns. Her stepfather worked for theHudson’s Bay Company, so as a familythey moved a lot. She lived in Aboriginalcommunities in both northwesternOntario and Northern Manitoba. Afterhigh school she sojourned into socialwork for awhile but after completing twoyears of study at the University ofManitoba, she decided social work wasnot for her. It raised too many issues forher that she felt needed a different venueof expression. She left her studies, gotmarried and had three children. Adriennetells us about her family…

“They mean the world to me and hon-estly I don’t think I’d be where I amnow if it weren't for them. My husband

Glen Keesic, who is from the Lac SeulFirst Nation, is a gifted artist whopaints wildlife. As well, he’s the onlyartist I know who can fashion a lifelikeeagle out of cardboard and duct tape.We have three children; Rachel is 17years old and a computer whiz, Loganis nine and knows everything aboutautomobiles, Brandon is the family’sangel and he is 11 years old. Brandonwas born developmentally delayed andneeds around-the-clock care because he’sessentially a baby. He doesn’t speak buthis eyes communicate every emotionunder the sun. He can’t sit up becausehis gross motor skills haven’t developedbeyond a three-month old. He’s beenour greatest challenge and our greatestteacher. Rachel developed a life-threat-ening kidney disorder while I was still

in college but thankfully she is now inremission, and we aim to keep her thatway. Logan, I feel, will one day beengineering our vehicles or designingthem. He’s the youngest person I knowthat can name a car’s make and modeljust by looking at them.”

Adrienne began working for the WawatayNews as a junior reporter immediatelyfollowing her graduation from Loyalist. Afew months later, in September 2000,she became editor. Unfortunately, withthe combination of her daughter’s healthproblems and caring for her aged grand-father there were challenges that shecouldn’t quite balance so she took a yearoff. She returned to the Wawatay News in2002 as the senior news writer, the posi-tion she had initially wanted. Here, withthe support of her editor, Bryan Phelan,she has been able to steadily develop herskills as an investigative reporter and

AdrienneFox-Keesic,Photojournalism ’00“What is your dream?” was the questionasked of Adrienne Fox-Keesic by her husband Glen. This question started herdown the pathway to fulfilling her childhood wish to become a photojournalist.He didn’t just ask, he listened to how shehad wanted this since the age of 12 whenshe watched the movie ‘All the President’sMen’. He bought her a 35mm camera forher birthday.

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ALUMNI Profilehone her skills as a photojournalist. TheWawatay News is a bi-weekly publicationthat allows her to do a lot of researchand travelling. The community she livesin is Sioux Lookout, Ontario, a town withabout 6,000 residents. It serves as a hubfor some 29,000 Aboriginal people whoflock from the north for shopping, med-ical care and secondary education. Aforestry mill located nearby employs alarge portion of the population. It alsoattracts a large number of tourists whotravel there for fishing and camping. It’ssituated between the two major city cen-tres of Winnipeg to the west andThunder Bay to the east.

We asked Adrienne if she was involved inthe community in addition to her joband family. “Presently, I’m a board mem-ber for the Sioux Lookout Anti-RacismCommittee. Racism is an issue I feelstrongly about. As an Aboriginal, I’ve hadto experience the world a little differentlybecause of my skin colour. I joined theboard with the hope that I can helpmake a difference in the community thatmy children are being raised in.”

She was unable to select one specificmemory from Loyalist as her favorite,saying instead that her whole time hereis a favorite memory. She loved theatmosphere created by the instructorsand her classmates. “I especially liked thetone set by the former photojournalismcoordinator, Steve Simon,” she said. “Hedemanded excellence and also taughtme to look beyond the curtain of tradi-tional newspaper photography and lookfor the moments that defined the story Iwas trying to tell with my camera. Out ofthat encouragement grew my documen-tary style.”

For a photojournalist whose career is onlythree years new, Adrienne has alreadyearned the respect and recognition ofher peers. “I think I’ve been lucky as faras being recognized not only by mypeers but by my own people. I was hon-ored last year by the people of theNishnawbe Aski Nation – the regionwhere I live and a region that encom-passes much of northern Ontario – withan award that named me as Woman of

the Year. This award is given annually toAboriginal women who work really hardtowards their goals despite their personaldifficulties. That award meant the worldto me and it was humbling because Imeet so many Aboriginal women thatstruggle against fantastic odds. In myeyes those are the ones who deserve thatkind of award. For the past two years, Ihave been selected as a finalist by theCanadian Association of Journalists – firstfor an investigative award and then thisyear in the photojournalism category. In2003 The Ontario CommunityNewspapers Association recognized mewith four awards for my work at theWawatay News which included First Place- Rural Journalism, Third Place forPhotographer of the Year, Reporter of theYear and the Heritage Award and then anHonourable Mention for the Health andWellness Award.”

We talked about career goals. “What Ican say is that eventually I would like toget the stories I do now out to a main-stream audience. There are a lot ofimportant stories in this region that gounnoticed by mainstream media. I wouldlike to somehow fill that void, but again Idon't know how that would happen, atleast not at this point in my career – acareer that is still in its infancy. I’ve stillgot a lot of hard work ahead of me and alot of learning to do as well.”

When asked what she would need toachieve to feel successful in her careerAdrienne responded… “Success is howyou define it. If your definition of successis to work for a major magazine orbecome a newspaper photographer or awar photographer, that’s how you’lldefine your success. It’s a very personaljourney. My personal definition of successis that I’m able to do what I love doingand get paid for it. How great is that!”

By Marilyn Warren

Double DiplomasDouble diplomas are pairings of relatedprograms that allow a graduate of atwo-year program to complete a second diploma program in only oneadditional calendar year. The followinglist shows some of the possible program combinations. For detailedinformation, contact the ProgramCoordinator of the second programlisted. Other combinations are possible.

Accounting & Business Administration Business Administration & AccountingChemical Lab Assistant &

Chemical Engineering TechnicianChemical Lab Assistant &

Environmental TechnicianChemical Engineering Technician &

Environmental TechnicianCivil Engineering Technician &

Construction Engineering TechnicianCivil Engineering Technician &

Survey Engineering TechnicianConstruction Engineering Technician &

Civil Engineering TechnicianConstruction Engineering Technician &

Survey Engineering TechnicianDevelopmental Services Worker &

Early Childhood EducationDevelopmental Services Worker &

Social Service WorkerEarly Childhood Education &

Developmental Services WorkerEarly Childhood Education &

Social Service WorkerEnvironmental Technician &

Chemical Engineering TechnicianFitness and Health Promotion & Recreation

and Leisure Services (part-time study)General Arts and Science &

Developmental Services WorkerGeneral Arts and Science &

Early Childhood EducationGeneral Arts and Science &

Social Service WorkerLaw and Security & Police Foundations or

Correctional Worker, Customs and Immigration, Corporate and Commercial Security, Paralegal

Recreation and Leisure Services & Fitness and Health Promotion

Social Service Worker & Developmental Services Worker

Social Service Worker & Early Childhood Education

Survey Engineering Technician & Civil Engineering Technician

Survey Engineering Technician & Construction Engineering Technician

Tourism & Hotel and Restaurant Management

When Ryan Cuddy stepped into the Loyalistgym as a coach he was not a stranger to theCollege or the team. Ryan graduated fromthe Civil Technologist Program in 1997 andduring his first year of playing for theLancers they won the OCAAChampionships. He described this as hismost memorable moment at Loyalist. “Wewere underdogs, playing at home and won15 – 13 in the fifth set, causing the entiregym to explode!” That year, Ryan was alsonamed CCAA Academic All-Canadian.

Ryan grew up in the small town of Harloweand attended North Addington EducationCentre in Cloyne. After graduating fromLoyalist he went on to the University ofToronto where he earned a Bachelor ofApplied Science in Civil Engineering. Heattended a recruiting session for Procter andGamble in his final year and was impressedwith the company’s ethics and policies. Aftera lengthy hiring procedure he was offered ajob in Belleville. He now lives in Flinton withhis wife and two-year old daughter, both ofwhom make it to the majority of the homegames.

COACH’S Corner

Ryan described the influence he felt hisLoyalist coaches played in his life. “My coaches here were Chris Carson andRon Flieler. Chris epitomizes ethics, honestyand patience. Ron is very focused and hard-working. The two complement each othervery well and have taught me the impor-tance and benefit of diversity. I am very for-tunate to be able to continue to learn fromthem now, as they are still on the coachingstaff.”

When he was playing in high school, he wasoften a couple of years older than his team-

mates, so was always trying to help developthem. It was then he knew that some day hewould like to coach. His favorite part is themoment when the athlete finally puts theknowledge and newly developed physicalskills together. He has been with the teamsince the 2000/2001 season and feels thathe contributes a good balance of patienceand intensity to the coaching staff. Heshared the excitement of the Nationals withthem and was thrilled to see their hard workbring the team to that high level of achieve-ment.

There are many challenges involved withdeveloping a career while not only trying tomeet time commitments, but to also buildthe plans and practices to develop the team.Ryan feels fortunate that the other coachesand his manager at Procter and Gamble arevery flexible.

As with most things there are highlights andlow points. Ryan described what he findsmost frustrating as a coach. “I get frustratedwhen a player gives up. Whether it’s tryingto develop a new skill, passing a class, what-ever.”

The highlight of his coaching to date? “Aleague game this year versus Seneca. Theywere previously unbeaten, but we scouted,developed a plan, and the players executedit flawlessly, winning three games straight.”

When asked what his coaching goal wouldbe he replied without hesitation, “I love theguys I coach right now and I would love todevelop them into a team that will win amedal at the Nationals.”

By Marilyn Warren

Lancer Men’sVolleyballAssistant Coach

“Chris epitomizes ethics,honesty and patience.Ron is very focused andhardworking. The twocomplement each othervery well and havetaught me the importanceand benefit of diversity.”

“I love the guys I coachright now and I wouldlove to develop them intoa team that will win amedal at the Nationals.”

RyanCuddy

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As a member of the Loyalist varsity Cross Country Team, Jutta Merilainen had anexceptional season. She placed first in three invitational tournaments whichincluded St. Lawrence, Fleming and Loyalist Colleges, was named OntarioCollege Athletic Association (OCAA) All-Star, OCAA Female Athlete of the Week,OCAA Champion, Canadian College Athletic Association (CCAA) Silver Medalist(Individual), CCAA Silver Medalist (Team Ontario), CCAA All-Canadian andCCAA Academic All-Canadian.

Matt Thompson, men’s varsity volleyball player, highlighted his season by beingawarded OCAA League All-Star, CCAA Academic All-Canadian and All-Star GameMVP. “I’m extremely honoured to win these awards,” commented MattThompson. “I’ve been at the College for four years and I’m very appreciative ofall the people who have helped me while I’ve been here. This year was verygood for me as an individual, and this is an excellent way for me to leave afterfour great years.”

The CCAA Academic All-Canadian Awards go to a distinguished few whose aca-demic excellence is proven by earning recognition on the Dean’s List and whoare also named as a Provincial All Star in their sport. Loyalist College was proudto call forward varsity players, Jessica Valentini, women’s soccer, MattThompson, men’s volleyball, and Jutta Merilainen, cross country, to receive thishonour. The OCAA All-Academic Awards are presented to varsity athletes whoare on their college's Dean’s List. This year, 17 Loyalist athletes were recognizedwith OCAA All-Academic Awards.

For a complete listing of the athletic awards visitwww.loyalistcollege.com/pdf_files/athletic_awards.pdf.

LOYALIST Lancers

36 Years ofRecognizingAthletic ExcellenceIn March, Loyalist held its 36th Annual Athletic Banquet to recognize theexcellence of its athletes, coaches and trainers. Jutta Merilainen (left) , amember of the varsity Cross Country Team, was named Female Athlete of theYear and Matt Thompson (bottom right), varsity volleyball player, waspresented with the Male Athlete of the Year award.

“Initially, I was nervous to add running with the varsity Cross Country Teamto everything else I was doing,” said Jutta Merilainen. “My decision to enterthe Nursing Program was made very quickly. My husband is in the Militaryand we had just moved here and we have four small children between theages of 22 months and ten years. I’ve always needed to challenge myself andwith the support of everyone at the College, this year has been amazing.”

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EMPLOYMENT and ALUMNI SERVICES News

JobFair

It’s incredible . . . 25 of the 97organizations who participated inLoyalist’s 7th annual job fair heldin February were represented byLoyalist College graduates. It wasgreat to welcome these alumniback to Loyalist and find out whatcareer paths they have followedsince graduation. Some of theserepresentatives were recent graduates who had only been inthe workforce for a year or two,while others had graduated fromthe early years of the College, andnow have children who areattending Loyalist. One thing iscertain, regardless of how manyyears our alumni have been in theworkforce, their presence at our

Loyalist grads giveback at job fair

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“I have worked tradeshows all over the world

(London, Ontario;London, England;

Beijing; Atlanta). I havenever seen this type of

function as organized asyour job fair.”

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annual job fair means a lot tocurrent students. We thank thesegraduates for encouraging theiremployers to be part of our job fairand for coming back on campus toshare their expertise and experiences.

Next year’s job fair will be held onThursday, February 17, 2005. Mark your calendar now and plan tojoin us.

1. Crystal Johnson, Enterprise Rent-A-Car (Business

Sales, 2001).

2. Krista Delong, Belleville Chamber of Commerce (Social

Service Worker, 1993).

3. Franco Veneruzzo, Northern Lights Vocational Services

(Business Sales, 2001).

4. Community Living Campbellford - Brighton, (left to

right) Lynne Simpson, Laurie Myers, (Business

Administration, 2003) and Cindy Miller

(Developmental Service Worker, 1974).

5. Mary Boyd, Kelly Services (Accounting, 1998).

6. Michael Evans, Family Space (Early Childhood

Education, 2001).

7. Amber Redick, Enterprise Quinte (Office

Administration,1994).

8. Anna Strati - Morrison, The Canadian Hearing

Society (Social Service Worker, 1987).

9. Ann Marie Chaput, ParaMed (Nursing, 1993).

10. Michael Preston, Staples Business Depot (Computer

Programmer Analyst, 2001).

11. Sandra Redner, Stirling Manor (Nursing, 1994).

12. Christina Convey, T.A.S. Communications

(Paralegal, 2002).

13. Melissa Kleinsteuber, Taste of Country (Current

B.A.A. student).

14. Adam McCue, TSH Associates (Environmental

Technician, 1998).

15. Stephanie Anderson, Solectron Global Services

(Business, 2002).

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EMPLOYMENT and ALUMNI Services

Congratulations and best of luck to our team of Employment &Alumni Ambassadors as they make the transition from backpack to

briefcase. What an awesome crew! We will miss you.

Mary Fergusson, Accounting Meghan Lee, Social Service Worker Marvay Spence, Television

Krista Bernard, Corrections Emily Lebel, Advertising Angel Huang, Accounting

We are proud to present...

It’s not your average AGM!All alumni are invited to join us Friday evening, September 10, 2004 for our annual generalmeeting and BBQ. For complete details visit: www.loyalistc.on.ca/stulife/alumni/index.html

Reunion PackagesAre you planning a reunion? Let us help. We’ll create and mail your invitations, assist intracking “lost” classmates and provide you with some ideas on how to get the ball rolling.

New Alumni CardA new full-colour personalized alumni card will be available to Loyalist graduates in the nearfuture. This card will provide discounts with various businesses and service providers. Becomean Alumni Discount Provider – give over twenty thousand Loyalist graduates an incentive todo business with you. For information please contact the Loyalist Alumni office. 1-800-ALUMNI or alumni@loyalistc.on.ca.

New Jobs This Week - for Loyalist students and alumniIf you would like to receive a weekly e-mail listing new employment opportunities, e-mail usat careers@loyalistc.on.ca and we will add you to the list.

What Have We Been Up To?

Alison Holland, General Arts student and Devon Dunlop,Architectural Technology student were excited to win this basketof goodies and gifts to help sustain them during long hours ofstudying for exams. The Alumni Association donated this basketvalued at $100 to help students celebrate their Spring Formal.(Photo taken by Katie McCarten)

Mr. Tuxedo was joined by Employment & Alumni AmbassadorsKrista Bernard and Meghan Lee in welcoming students, alumni,and employers to Loyalist’s 7th annual job fair held in February.Over 60 student volunteers worked tirelessly to ensure all of therepresentatives were taken care of. Employers took notice of theextra effort and commended on the “ . . . ample amount of friend-ly and efficient volunteers and great all-around experience!”

Ta Da! Spring Open House provided Work Study student MeghanLee the chance to tell prospective students how Employment &Alumni Services staff can help them find jobs when they get toLoyalist. Meghan was able to answer questions about what it islike to work on campus while going to school.

Chemical Engineering student Tammy Warren (left) already hadher diploma frame ready for June convocation. The frame, donat-ed by the Alumni Association, was the prize for the “Drop by andMeet Us” contest open to all students graduating in June.

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Growing up in Halifax, Nova Scotia,Christine Tanner lived with her family in thehouse that her father has lived in since hewas four years old. She received a scholar-ship to attend Mount Saint VincentUniversity where she completed her BA in1980, with majors in Sociology andReligious Studies and a minor in Psychology.After graduating, Christine worked with sev-eral hotel chains in Halifax, then, in 1984became the sales director with the RamadaInn in Trenton. Twenty-four years old andfrustrated by the limited opportunities toadvance, Christine found herself at a cross-roads. The choice she made brought her toLoyalist where she focused on absorbingbusiness and accounting skills to assist her inaccomplishing her career aspirations of own-ing her own business. She left Loyalist withdiplomas in Business Administration andAccounting, confident that these studies hadprepared her for the next chapter in hercareer.

After leaving Belleville, Christine’s careertook her to Igloolik, Nunavut to be an eco-nomic development officer, followed by atransfer to Iqaluit, Nunavut. A year later shebegan teaching business administrationcourses full-time at Arctic College. This washer all-time favorite job but she quit the yearshe was turning 30. She wanted to start herown business and knew that if she didn’t doit then, that she would be trapped by thegovernment pension and benefits and never

pursue this goal. From 1989 until 1994 sheowned and operated TANMAR BusinessConsulting Ltd., which had ten staff. In1994 she sold the business and the buildingthat housed it and moved to Yellowknife,Northwest Territories to work as a ministerialassistant for the Minister responsible for theDepartments of Personnel and RenewableResources. When the Minister was not re-elected a year later, she worked for theDepartment of Education on an InuitEmployment Plan for the government. Fromhere she went on to a six-month contractfor the Worker’s Compensation Board and atthe end of the six months was offered a per-manent Director position. She remainedwith the WCB, in various capacities, for sixyears. In 2002 she was hired by the

Government of Saskatchewan as the DeputyMinister of Labour. During her career shehas been able to travel: several times toRussia and Greenland, the European parlia-ment in Brussels, and to Vietnam, and con-siders herself very lucky to have had theseopportunities.

“I learned everything I needed to know atLoyalist to start and operate my own busi-ness. It was only as I accepted senior posi-tions with governments that my spouseencouraged me to take my MBA as the cre-

dential on my resumé would make me moremarketable in other areas of Canada,” sheexplained. “He was right. When you applyfor senior jobs you are screened-out unlessyou have an MBA, but having said that,there was nothing offered in my MBA thatdidn’t just build on the foundation that I hadlearned at Loyalist. I consider my Loyalisttime as my most valuable educational expe-rience as I was able to leverage it into awonderfully successful and diverse career.”

When asked what her greatest sense ofaccomplishment in her career is, Christinespoke of two.

“When I was a business consultant, I wasapproached by a non-profit day care associa-tion that held a lease on a valuable piece ofcommercial land in Iqaluit, Nunavut onwhich they had to build within the year orthey would lose the long-term lease, butthey had no money at all. First I arranged forthe group to get a government grant to hireme and then a mortgage from CanadianMortgage and Housing Corporation with noequity or money down on the conditionthey build a daycare with four low-incomerental apartments above it. The deal wasthat they would offer the apartments at verylow subsidized rents to the director of theirdaycare (which would help them recruit adirector) and to the directors of three otherlocal daycares. Within the year, they had abuilding, a daycare and low-rental housingfor the directors of four local daycares. It isone of the projects I worked on of which Iam most proud as it didn’t make money fora businessperson (most of my clients werebusinesspeople), but just improved thewhole community.”

the other?

“While at the WCB, I worked on the creationof a WCB that could be shared by two juris-dictions (the Northwest Territories and

Christine Tanner,

Business Administration ’85, Accounting ’86

“It was a fun and challenging project – getting two governmentsto agree to share theirpolitical power anddesigning a structurethat allowed two acts to create one entity.”

parklands, Christine and her husband missthese surroundings and the lifestyle thataccompanies them. They are currently look-ing to relocate to either a small town inOntario or further east and are coordinatingthe challenges of moving a two-career family.

“I met my two best friends while at Loyalist.They are Bonnie Maracle (currently finishingher PhD) and Carolyn Kiddle (who owns avehicle body shop). We have been friendsfor 20 years and we try to get together forone weekend each year. The only rules forthe weekend are ‘No Men and No Kids’.Throughout the last 20 years we have beena strong support system for each other. Weall loved our time there. There was even aninstructors’ strike while we were attendingand it didn’t dampen our appreciation forthe College. It was a safe place to study. Itwas a caring and sharing environment andwe were encouraged to dream and succeed.I can’t speak highly enough about thegrounding I received at Loyalist.”

By Marilyn Warren

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ALUMNI ProfileNunavut). WCBs are governed by provinciallegislation and nowhere else in Canada doesone exist that is shared equally by two gov-ernments. But due to economies of scale, itmade sense in these two jurisdictions inorder to keep the costs to employers down.It was a fun and challenging project – get-ting two governments to agree to sharetheir political power and designing a struc-ture that allowed two acts to create oneentity.”

When following Christine’s career path youwould wonder how she would find time forother pursuits, but here too she shines.Married, with two sons aged 12 and 13, shedoes admit that when she began workingtowards her MBA in 2001, her time revolvedaround family, career and studying. Shecompleted her MBA in May this year. Priorto this demanding time commitment shewas on a Catholic School Board, on theboards of a hospital, a public-housingauthority, a women’s shelter and theChamber of Commerce, in addition to beinga Rotary member in two different communi-

ties. She also was coordinator of her son’ssoccer league.

“In 2002, I went to Guatemala with WorldVision Canada for a few weeks to help buildhouses for local residents. It was an eye-opening experience. After our box lunchone day, we were going to feed the scraps(literally a few mouthfuls of meat left onchicken bones,) to a starved dog that washanging around nearby. The interpreterstopped us, to tell us that the people in thenearby fields wanted the scraps and theyneeded them more than the dog. Thesepeople then chewed on the bones that wehad discarded. It made me ashamed that Ihad eaten anything and not just given mywhole lunch away. We cannot imagine herein Canada that sucking on someone else’sdiscarded bones would be considered atreat for others. I recommend everybodytake such a trip.”

Christine has resigned from her position asSaskatchewan’s Deputy Minister of Labour.Being from the Atlantic Provinces, and hav-ing lived in areas with large lakes, trees, and

and the winners are…A $100 credit on her Loyalist Alumni Association MasterCard is whatSherrie Lee Seeley (Nursing ’76) won when she took part in our “applyand use” contest that took place between September 1, 2003 and January31, 2004.

Winner of a pair of tickets to a Toronto Maple Leafs game was MichelleMontgomery (Television Broadcasting ’94).

For more information and to download an application, visit the

Loyalist College Alumni page at:

MasterCard® is a registered trademark of MasterCard® International Inc., used pursuant to licence.

www.loyalistc.on.ca/stulife/alumni/index.html or call 1-800-99ALUMNI

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ALUMNI Profile“When I started with theUnemployment InsuranceCommission I was hired as a part-time worker – one Saturday everysix weeks. There were five otherpart-timers each of us working oneSaturday. My job at that time wasa Mainframe Computer PeripheralOperator. After about six months,three of the six part-timers left so Iwas then working one Saturdayevery three weeks. Then two others quit and I was theonly one who stuck it out and itpaid off. I was working everySaturday plus management decid-ed to put me on-call during theweek. If someone called in sick,they would call me to work. Thiswent on for about 18 months. In1986, I became an indeterminateemployee through a competitiveprocess. I worked for 12 years in theMainframe Computer area. In 1995,I moved onto Wide Area Network manage-ment, where I worked with a team of sec-ond Level Support Technicians to keep the640 plus routers up and running across theCanadian-wide Human ResourcesDevelopment Canada (HRDC) network. In2001, I started my current position as SeniorSystems Analyst – Fault ManagementSpecialist with National Headquarters.”

Jay’s story is one that exemplifies the possi-bilities available in one’s backyard when per-severance and skills are fused in the pursuitof career goals. He attended CentennialSecondary School and graduated in 1981.He feels fortunate to be able to call Bellevillehome for himself, his family and his careerwith Social Development Canada. His daughter, who is now attendingCentennial, plans to enroll in Loyalist’sDegree Nursing Program (two years atLoyalist and then two years at BrockUniversity). His son starts high school thisfall. Jay and his wife Sherry just celebratedtheir 20th wedding anniversary. For the pastfour years Jay has been on the Stirling BluesMinor Hockey coaching staff. His son hasbeen an active player in the Stirling RepHockey program since he was five (he isnow 14).

“The Department of Social Development(SD) formerly known as HRDC, is mandated with helping to secure andstrengthen Canada’s social foundation. Wedo this by helping families with children,supporting people with disabilities andensuring that seniors can fully participate intheir communities. We provide the policies,services and programs for Canadians whoneed assistance in overcoming challenges they encounter in their lives and their com-munities. This includes income security pro-grams, such as the Canada Pension Plan. Weare a client-centered organization, commit-ted to continually improving service deliveryfor Canadians. Accordingly, SocialDevelopment Canada relies on its IT infra-

structure to provide programs andofferings to the Canadian public.Many of the components withinthe IT infrastructure are labeled‘Mission Critical’ and require 7 x 24x 365 availability.

“SDC utilizes certain IT monitoringtools to pro-actively monitor andalert required support staff of ITfailures and possible problems. Iam part of the third level NationalTechnical Support Group that sup-ports and manages the functionali-ty of the IT monitoring equipment.Although my office is here inBelleville, for the past three years Ihave worked directly for NationalHeadquarters in Ottawa/Hull as aSenior IT Technical Advisor.”

“When I graduated from highschool I was accepted at Humber,St. Lawrence and Loyalist Colleges.I chose Loyalist for two reasons. It

was in my hometown and close to my fami-ly and because of the recommendation frommy high school counsellor on the high levelof teaching excellence provided at LoyalistCollege. I feel that Loyalist definitely set meon the right track. I gained and learned valu-able information in my career field. As well,Loyalist gave me the confidence to succeed.”

By Marilyn Warren

Jay Middleton, ElectronicData Processing ’83

“The Department of SocialDevelopment is

mandated with helping to secureand strengthen Canada’s social

foundation.We do this by helping families

with children, supporting peoplewith disabilities and ensuring that seniors

can fully participate in their communities.”

Mark Your Calendars Now forthe 6th Annual Foundation Golf

Tournament Friday, September 17th at

Trillium Wood

The tournament is a fundraiser in sup-port of the College’s endowment fundto provide financial assistance forLoyalist students. Funds raised will bematched through the Ontario StudentOpportunity Trust Fund (OSOTF) program now underway.

Call (613) 969-1913, ext. 2326 or 2235 or visit

www.loyalistcollege.com

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Angela Adam (Bird), Advertising ’93e-mail: moonlighting1@rogers.com

“Advertising Class of ’93, are you out there? Hard to

believe that ten years have gone by! I would love to

hear from everyone and catch up.”

Scot Merrylees, General Arts, Journalism ’91e-mail: SGoofy@Hotmail.com

“Looking to hear from old classmates from Photo/Print

Journalism, the great gang from Advertising, or team

mates from varsity basketball. Hope all are doing

well!”

Corry Moore, Advertising ’94e-mail: corry.ross@rci.com

“Hello to everyone from the class of ’94. Ten years

have passed and I’d love to hear from some of you.

Drop me a line.”

Carrie Skinn, Developmental ServicesWorker ’95e-mail: smulvey@cogeco.ca

“Hello everyone! Looking for DSW grads of 1995. I am

presently living in Southwestern Ontario, working as

the Director of Respite Services at a local Community

Living.”

Leith Dunick, Print Journalism ’95e-mail: leithdunick@yahoo.ca

“Hello to the Print grads of ’95. I’ve been in Thunder

Bay for almost two years as the publisher of Thunder

Bay’s Source, a weekly newspaper. Drop me a line if

you happen to see this, I’d love to hear from you.”

Bill Nichols, Law & Security - Customs ’98e-mail: bcnichols@cogeco.ca

“I would love to hear from anyone from LASA 1998.

Hope everyone is doing well. I’ve been married three

years, and still living in Perth. Take care and drop me a

line sometime!”

Greg Clayton, Communication Arts ’71e-mail: greg.clayton@sympatico.ca

“It is hard to believe that over 30 years have passed

since I left Loyalist to become a school teacher. I

worked with the Ministry of Community and Social

Services as a manager of Staff Training and

Development before becoming an Area Manager with

the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

Apprenticeship Branch. I have recently retired after

working as a Senior Policy Advisor with the same

Ministry on the Apprenticeship Reform Project. I con-

tinue to work part-time in adult education. It would

be nice to hear from anyone who can remember the

‘70’s era at Loyalist.”

Joanne Coulter, Hotel and RestaurantManagement ’94e-mail: joannecoulter5@hotmail.com

“Hey Guys, any 1994 grads out there? If so drop me a

line.”

Anna Postma, Social Service Worker ’03e-mail: annapostma@gosympatico.ca

“I am a 2003 graduate of the Social Service Worker

program, and am now continuing my studies at Trent

University majoring in Sociology with an emphasis in

education. I look back at my time at Loyalist as a truly

memorable experience. The skills and knowledge I

obtained in the program are those that have taken me

to great lengths – the possibilities really are endless.

The faculty within my program motivated and inspired

me in such a way that I believe it is because of them

that I am where I am now. Thanks goes out to all of

the wonderful SSW faculty as well as the SSW class of

2003. Thanks everyone!”

Charles ‘Chip’ Jones, Radio Broadcasting ’84e-mail: cwkj@sympatico.ca

“Looking for Kevin Dunitz, Kevin Bulger, Greg

McEachern, Tim Bennett, (Radio ’84), where are you

guys? We are having a 20th anniversary reunion in

Belleville on July 24th. Please contact me for details.”

Michael Logan, Print Journalism ’97e-mail: mlogan@sprint.ca

“Bob the duck has come home to roost.”

Tanya Keays, Broadcast Journalism ’98e-mail: tkeays@295.ca

“I’m just wondering what everyone is doing now. It’s

been awhile. Drop me a line anytime!”

Eric Zylstra, Radio ’79e-mail: hepstra@sympatico.ca

“Since it’s been 25 years since grad half of the radio

class is likely dead if they kept up that level of

debauchery. Send me a line, those who still live. Zee.”

Fred Kennedy, Architectural Drafting ’89e-mail: print.wise@sympatico.ca

“Looking for fellow Archies for a get together, it’s been

15 years. So far I’ve located Ed Jolliffe and Laura

Lawrence. Contact me if you’re interested.”

Karina Sinclair (Conley), TelevisionBroadcasting ’98

e-mail: ksinclair@on.pelmorex.com

“In the fall, following my graduation in ’98, I joined

the Weather Network. I started as a part-time

editor/switcher, then became full-time video archivist,

production coordinator, and finally producer. It’s been

five happy years here, especially when the person I

work with the most, Marilyn Nicholas-Dahan, is also a

graduate from my class. While working here, I’ve had

some great opportunities, like demonstrating video

archiving software at conventions in Las Vegas and

Amsterdam, and in 2001 I went tornado chasing in

the United States. Recently, I bought a house outside

of Toronto and married a fantastic man. Life is good.

Thanks to Loyalist for giving me a bright start.”

Loyalist College SOAR Office

Challengers! Are you a former LOTF pilot study partici-

pant? We need your help! Are you willing to partici-

pate in a ten-year study regarding people with learn-

ing disabilities? For more information, please contact:

Anthea Weese, SOAR Office, Loyalist College, Phone:

(613) 969-1913, ext. 2367 or e-mail: AWEESE@loyal-

istc.on.ca”

Donations are being collected towards a

bench to be placed in Alumni Memorial Grove in

memory of Anne Cook and Margaret Lenfesty, two

former members of the Nursing faculty. Donations

may be made at the Loyalist College cash office or by

contacting Elizabeth McDonald at (613) 969-1913,

ext. 2405.

ReunionHolly Vali (Yandell), Nursing ’94e-mail: hmvali@sympatico.ca

“A decade later...yikes! It is time to celebrate our Ten

Year Reunion booked for September 11th, 2004.

Please contact Loyalist Alumni Services and update

your address...invitations to follow. For more details

contact nbarratt@sympatico.ca. Looking forward to

seeing you soon.”

In MemoriamIt is with sadness we have learned that Helen Johnson

(Print Journalism ’79) passed away on October 8,

2003, in Vancouver, after a courageous battle with

cancer. Helen is survived by husband Tom Burley (Print

Journalism ’79), daughter Greta and son Nick. Helen

and Tom journeyed all the way from Victoria in 1977

to take the College’s Print Journalism program. After

graduation, Helen wrote for the Cambridge Reporter

and other Ontario media before she and Tom headed

home to their West Coast roots. She was a talented

reporter, writer and editor who freelanced for the past

several years. Her great sense of humour, intelligence,

wit, and culinary magic will be much missed by family

and friends including Maureen Piercy (Print Journalism

’79) and faculty, staff and fellow Loyalist alumni.

If you have a submission for Grapevine, please send it to:

Loyalist College Alumni OfficeP.O. Box 4200, Belleville, ON

K8N 5B9 • FAX: (613) 969-0175 EMAIL: alumni@loyalistc.on.ca

The Editors of Lasting Connections reserve the right to edit all submissions.

ALUMNI Grapevine

All-Care Health Services LimitedA. F. AndersonJack P. ArthurGeorge Asimis

Doug AuldAutosystems Manufacturing Inc.

The Atkinson Charitable FoundationTown of Bancroft

Bardon Supplies LimitedBarnes and Noble College Bookstores

William BarnettAlexander BarnettMrs. Sonja Bata

Dorothy J. BaxterBeaver Foods Ltd.

Corporation of the City of BellevilleBelleville Odd Fellows & Rebekahs

Pam & Paul BelliKeith BertrimAndrew BilloBrenda BlaindJames Blakley

Ron and Ruth BoyceCorporation of the Town of Brighton

Mrs. Marjorie BronfmanE. Brunet

Edw. J. BuckleyKathryn E. BurnsRuth M. Burrows

Dave Bush - Ice Hockey Services Inc.Dave ButlerJoan ButlerBrenda Byrd

Peter J. CallaghanG. R. CameronStevie Cameron

Campbell, Garrett, Weston & SiouiSharon Campbell

The Government of CanadaCanadian Power & Sail - Bay of Quinte

SquadronCanadian Tire - BancroftCanadian Tire - Napanee

Canadian Tire - Port HopeCanadian Tire - Trenton

Dolores CardinaliChris Carson

Jennifer ChanterJeanette Chappelle

Chawkers FoundationCIBC

CJLX-FMRick Chesworth

Henrik & Marcella ChristiansenWanda Clapp

Jeffrey ClemonsBob Clute Pontiac-Buick-GMC Ltd.

Bob CluettJennifer Cole

Gerald D. ColfordColor Your WorldCommunity Press

Cornerstone Builders Ltd.Corporate Express

County of Hastings – Social Services Dept.Lorraine Courtland

Doug CoutureDr. CowardMary Cowie

Father Francis Cox Council 11766Crane Fund For Widows And Children

Dr. L. Bruce CronkDoug Crosby

Crown Ridge Health Care Services Inc.Norma Crozier

Mrs. J. S. DalzielDorothy Davies-Flindall

Rosemary DavisDick Deegan (Durabla)

Deerhaven Farm & Garden Ltd.Sandra DeMilleJill T. Dennis

John E. DickensBrian Dickey

Beverlie Dietze Discovery Channel (Ken Murphy)

Doef’s IronworksDome Productions

John DonelanDarlington NGD Laboratory Services - T.Doran,

B.Curle, P.Davis, L.Craig & C.DuttonBarbara Duff

Diane Duggan Linda Dutrisac

In Memory of Donald EastPhyllis Eddy

Electro Cables Inc. Douglas & Margaret Farrell

Stan Fergusson Fuels Martina Fitzgerald

Kirk Fleming Lloyd W. Fleming Randy Forsythe

Frankford Lions Club Fresenius Medical Care Canada, Inc.

Miss Muriel Gibson Karl J. Gimpel

Brian P. Goodchild Gary GordonCarole Grant

Gerald GravelineTheresa Greenwood

Peter Grindrod HB Group Insurance Management Ltd.

P. Haddock Lynn Haddrall

Halla Climate Control Canada Inc. Township of Hallowell

Linda Harris Jane Harrison

County of Hastings (Economic Development) Hastings County Farm Show & Plowing Match

David Heenan Pat Hegarty

Beate Heissler Rick Helman

Alan Hilts Wayne A. Hockney

Wayne Holbrook Plumbing & HeatingHotel/Restaurant Class of 2000

Clifford Hoy Joyce Hume

Lynne Hunter Judy Hurst

ICI Canada Inc.Flora & William Ingraham

Lesley Ingraham Indsale Ltd.

Invar Manufacturing Ltd.ITT A-C PumpMichelle Jakobi

Frank & Donna Jefferson Mrs. A. R. Jeffrey

Joan Jessup Cyril Johnson

Lorne & Marian Johnston C. W. Kearse Percy Kearse

Kelsey’s RestaurantMiss E. A. Kerr

David Black, King-Reed Investigations The Kinsmen Club of Trenton

Cathy Kiser Janet M. Kline

Trenton Kiwanis Club Knight Chev Olds Cadillac Ltd.

Knights of Columbus, St. Peter’s Council 2438 Yvette Kok

Trudie & Bill Lake Lakefield Research Ltd.

Nic Lambooy Laurette Sigma Sorority

Shelby Lawrence Robert Lazier

Lennox & Addington Resources for Children Lennox G. S.

Lipton Monarch PMG Livingston International Inc.

Hazel M. Lloyst Loblaw Companies Limited

Peggy Lockhart Loyalist College Alumni Association

Association of Friends of Loyalist College Students’ Administrative Council of Loyalist College Continuing Education Students of Loyalist College

Keith O. MacDonald Florence MacKay Neil D. MacKay

Tom MalloyBill Maracle

The Maxfield FoundationPhilip May

Lynn McCracken James A. McCulloch

D. E. McCullough Ent. Ltd. Connie McDonald

Lorne McDougall Insurance Brokers Ltd.McInroy-Maines Construction Ltd.

Arthur H. McFarlaneMcKeown Motor Sales

MDS Inc.Cindy Menzies DesignsMetis Nation of OntarioMike & Viviane Meehan

Midland Walwyn Capital Inc. Mary Ann Mikel

Mobil Chemical Canada Ltd. Lorraine Monk

Bank of Montreal Barry Moorhouse

Jean Morrison Ben Murphy

Corporation of the Township of Murray Marilyn Nicholas-Dahan

NORTEL (Northern Telecom) The Bank of Nova Scotia

David O’Neil, C.A. Hugh P. O’Neil

Judy O’NeillMichael O’Neill

NorampacThe Province of Ontario

Catherine O’RourkeD. O’Shaughnessy

Helen Oliver Tony Orrick

Brenda Pander-Scott Pape Management Consulting Services Inc.

David PapeParker Brothers

Bruce ParkerDouglas M. Parker

John M. & Bernice Parrott Reg B. Pearson

Brian Perkin Ruth Petherick

Lee Pierce Maureen PiercyRoger Poultney

John Porritt County of Prince Edward

Lisa Prior Procter & Gamble Inc.

BICC Pyrotenax Don & Jean Pysklywec

The Quaker Oats Company of Canada Limited Dr. Nick Quickert

Quinte Air Supply Ltd.City of Quinte West

Nancy Rabb Frank Rabel

Terry J. Rands RBC Foundation

John M. Reid Reid’s DairyIan E. Reilly John Rigsby

Colleen Ringham Paul E. Robb Liz Roberts

Gale D. Rogers Tim Rorabeck

Rotary Club of Belleville Rotary Club of Brighton

Rotary Club of Campbellford Rotary Club of Picton

Rotary Club of Quinte Sunrise Rotary Club of Trenton

Royal Bank Financial Group Royal Canadian Legion Branch 110

Robert Rudd J. Russett

Pam & Ted Rutter John Sager Joe Sauer

Sears Canada Inc. Securitas Canada Ltd.

Corporation of the Township of Sidney Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul

Beth Siurna Donna Gail Smith

John G. Smith Keith & Nancy Smith

Peter M. Smith R. J. Terrence Smith

The Rev. Ruth S. Smith, ECE.C Jack Sontrop Southam Inc.

David H. Sovereign Dianne & Murray Spencer

Rosemary Stevens Bill Strong Jim Sutton

TD Bank & Trust Eugene & Sally Tay

Mary Taylor Templeman, Menninga, Kort, Sullivan &

Fairbrother Serge Tenthorey

D. Thackray Bob Thomas

In Memory of Roland Peter Alexander Thomas Shirley Thomas

Gwyn Thompson Lois E. Thompson Lorne Thompson

Thomson’s Your Independent GrocerCorporation of the Township of Thurlow

Roli & Linda Tipper Don Todd

Beverley Townsend Municipality of Trent Hills

TRENTFAB Inc. Pat Tretina

Trimark Investment Management Inc. Ms. Valerie J. Tunstall

Fr. Rheal Turgeon Council 10280 Knights ofColumbus

Ken Tweedy Janet Twiddy

United Food & Commercial WorkersInternational Union

David & Mary Lou Valcamp A. Van Andel

Leanne Vilneff (nee Westwell-Yon) Reg Vinnicombe

Frank O. WalklingP. G. Wall

W. V. Wallans Contracting Ltd. Joe Warner

S. R. Wasson Welch & Company

Val Westbury Claude A. Westlake Memorial

The W. Garfield Weston Foundation Trudy Whibley

Doug & Isobel Whitley Doug Whitley Insurance Brokers Ltd.

Wilkinson & Company Wilf Wilkinson, FCA, CSE

Williams HotelsAudrey I. WilliamsE. E. Williamson

D. M. Winter Susan Wintrop

Marilyn A. Woods Robert N. YerrowYasmine Yatsula Herbert Young

Bob and Elaine Youngplus ANONYMOUS donors

If you have made a donation to Loyalist Collegeand your name does not appear in this list,

please contact the Foundation Office at 969-1913, ext. 2326.

THANK YOU

Thank YouLoyalist College gratefully acknowledges the generosity

and support provided by members of the community, includingdonors to The Foundations For The New Millennium Campaign,the Student Opportunity Trust Fund and the SuperBuild initiative.